End sill for cars.



END SILL FOR. CAARS. :Application med om in, V1901.)

(No Model.)

ATT EYV UNITED STATES `ljl/ufflrrir @Erica RALPH V. SAGE, OF VVESTMONT,PENNSYLVANIA.

ENDSILL FoR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,833, dated December24, 1901.

Application tiled October 31, 1901. Serial No. 80,627. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that LRALPH V. SAGE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Westmont, in the county of Cambria and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEnd Sills for Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention consists of an improved'construction of end sills for carsand connections thereof, with particular reference to steelfreight-cars, certain of the objects of my invention being to produce anend sill which is strong, simple, economical, efcient for the purposesintended, easy to make, repair, and

at the same time constructed of ordinary commercial shapes and sectionsof steel.

Referring now t0 the annexed sheet of drawings, which form part of thisspecification, and in which like letters refer to like parts, Figure 1is an elevation of my improved end sill, showing the right-hand portionremoved for convenience of illustration. Fig. 2 is a horizontalcross-section on line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a central verticalsection on the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of aportion of my improved end sill and its connections, showing therelations of the various parts grouped about the center of theconstruction. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a rectangular plate, showing theeconomical manner in which I cut the web-plates therefrom. Referring tothe letters of reference'upon the drawings, A A are the draft-sills. Bis a spacing-channel secured between the webs of said draft-sills.

C is a top plate or floor-plate which may be secured to the draft-sillchannels Aand to the top iiange-angle E of the end sill,as shown, and DD are the web-plates of the end sill.

F is a bottom angle which is connected by bolts and rivets to the lowerflanges of the draft-sill channels A and to the U -plate I-I, as shown,this angle F thus forming a strong and secure connection between theright-hand and left-hand portions of the end sill and servingas thecentral portion of the bottom chord of the end-sill structure, and thisis one of the particular features of my invention. On top of the angleF, I secure a wearing-plate G, which lmay be of any thickness desired ornecessary to serve as a support for the drawbar, which is inserted inthe opening above it.

I is a splice-plate which joins the two portions of the web togetherabove the draw-bar opening at the center. J J are connectionangles whichsecure the draft-sills A A to the webs D, U-plate H, and splice-plate Iof the end sill, as shown, while K is the bottom flange-angle of the endsill. y

I prefer to cut the trapezoidal web-plates D D of my end sill from arectangular plate without any appreciable waste, as indicated on Fig. 5,thus conducing to simplicity and economy of manufacture.

By-means of the construction and arrangement. ofthe parts of my improvedend sill this'structure is made strong, stiff, and well adapted towithstand the stresses to which it is subjected, and the reinforcementaccomplished by the use of the angle F,which.serves both-I as the lowerchord of the structure and as a support for the draw-bar, is one of thenovel and special features of my invention.

The end-sill structure herein described may be used in the constructionof any form of car and may be connected thereto by any usual or ordinarymeans, as may be readily understood by one skilled in the art.

'It will be observed that the angle F, with its attached U-plate H andwearing-plate G, are removably secured to the rest of the structure bybolts, thus permitting these parts to be taken off to allow a draw-barto be introduced into the opening between the draft- 'sills A, afterwhich these removable parts may be again secured iirmly to the structureby the bolts aforesaid.

I do not limit myself to the exact details of construction, arrangement,and sections shown and described, but may use such substitutions andmodifications thereof as are embraced within the scope of my inventionas pointed out in the claims.

Having thus givena description of my invention, what I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an end sill, a pair of web-plates of trapezoidal outline, thedeeper ends of which are provided with notches forming a draw-baropening, and are secured together by splices.

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2. In an end sill, a pair of Web-plates of trapezoidal outline securedtogether at their deeper ends, and provided with top and bottom flangemembers, the central portion of said bottom flange member being madeseparate and removably secured to the adjoining parts.

3. In an end sill, a pair of Web-plates of trapezoidal outline securedtogether at their deeper ends and provided with a top flange member anda bottom flange member, the central portion of said bottom flange memberbeing removably secured to the adjoining portions, and a Wearing-plateattached to said central portion of the bottom flange member.

4. In an end sill, a pair of web-plates substantially trapezoidal inoutline, each provided with a notch and secured together at their deeperends; said plates being also provided With top and bottom ange members.

5. In an end sill, a pair of Web-plates substantially trapezoidal inoutline secured together by their deeper ends and provided with notchesforming an opening for the draw-bar; said web-plates also having top andbottom flange members,l and reinforcing-plates secured about saidopening.

G. In an end sill, a pair of web-plates trapezoidal in general outlineprovided with top and bottom flange members, said Web-plates beingconnected at their deeper central portions by splice-plates forming theboundaries of a draw-bar opening.

7. In an end sill, a pair of Web-plates of trapezoidal outline, thedeeper ends of which are connected together and provided with notchesforming a draw-bar opening, top and bottom ange members attached to saidWebplates, said sill structure being secured near its center to thedraft-sills.

8. In an end sill, a pair of Web-plates of trapezoidal outline, thedeeper ends of which are secured together at the center by two splices,the lower splice being removably fastened thereto, in order to permitthe introduction and removal of the draw-bar.

9. An end sill, composed of two web-plates of trapezoidal outlinesecured together at theirdeeper ends, top and bottom flange memberssecured to said web-plates, the central portion of said bottom flangemember being removably secured to the adjoining parts,

said sill being connected near its center to the draft-sills.

l0. An end sill, composed of a pair of webplat-es trapezoidal in outlinesecured together at their deeper ends and to the draft-sills, a topflange member attached to said Web-plate, said plate being also providedwith a bottom flange member the central portion of which is removablyattached to the adjoining parts.

In testimony whereof I hereto aix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

RALPH V. SAGE.

Witnesses:

HERBERT LUEBBERT, CYRUS C. IIUBBARD.

